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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| William Robert Hobson R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 1831 | Born | ||
| 6 January 1863 | Married Constance Louisa Elliott | ||
| 1880 | Died | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 20 April 1855 | Lieutenant | ||
| 13 October 1859 | Commander | ||
| 11 April 1866 | Captain | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 1 July 1857 | September 1859 | Second in command to Francis Leopold McClintock, who set sail from Aberdeen in the steam yacht Fox in Lady Franklin's privately sponsored expedition in search of (and finding traces of) Sir John Franklin's ill-fated 1845 North-West Passage expedition | |
| 24 August 1861 | Commander in Pantaloon (from commissioning at Plymouth), East Indies | ||
| 3 January 1863 | 12 January 1863 | Commander in Osprey, Woolwich (without actually commissioning the vessel) | |
| 9 February 1863 | 21 August 1865 | Commander in Vigilant (from commissioning at Chatham), East Indies | |
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